Hacienda Nápoles, Part 1 64a. The Bonnie and Clyde car

February 1st 2015
Hacienda Nápoles, Part 1. We are just back from a visit to Hacienda Nápoles. Before Dec. 2, 1993 the most famous person in Medellín was not Botero, but a criminal named Pablo Escobar. He was born into a simple family near Medellín in 1949. By 1990 he was the wealthiest criminal in history, "the King of Cocaine", worth $30 billion according to Forbes, and before long the world's most wanted ... read more

South America » Colombia » Antioquia

Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more

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William Martin McClain

El Gringo Viejo

On the WordPress blog I was The Old Gringo, but somebody took that name before me on TravelBlog, so I have translated it into Spanish as El Gringo Viejo. I was a Chemistry Professor at Wayne State University until 2010. Now I am retired, and with my wife Carol I travel a bit every year. She loves the Spanish speaking countries, while I prefer countries that don't really exist any more: ancient Rome and Greece and the Greek colonies of Sicily, Italy, and Turkey; maybe also Tolstoy's Russia. I promise not to write up the boring parts.... full info

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